Photo: Black-and-Whites Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup whole, 2 percent fat, or 1 percent fat milk
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon pure lemon extract
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Vanilla and chocolate icing, recipes follows
Vanilla Icing:
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Icing:
- 1/2 vanilla icing recipe
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons milk
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with waxed or parchment paper. In a mixer, cream the butter. Add the granulated sugar and beat until fluffy. Add the eggs, milk, and extracts and mix to combine. In a large bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, and salt and mix well. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar-egg mixture and mix to blend. Using an ice-cream scoop, scoop the dough onto the prepared pans. With a spatula, press and spread each cookie into a circle about 5 inches in diameter and about 3/8-inch thickness. Bake for about 20 minutes, until golden. Let cool on wire racks.
Icing: In a medium bowl, stir the sugar, milk, and vanilla together until it forms a smooth icing. Transfer half of the icing to another bowl and stir in the cocoa powder and milk until smooth.
When cool, turn cookies over, so the flat side faces up. Spread white icing on half of each flat surface, then spread the other half with chocolate icing. Let set at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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By PWog
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on December 22, 2011
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These were a lot of fun to make. One suggestion: ice the white side of the cookie first, then use the remaining icing to make the chocolate icing. I didn't estimate correctly when dividing the icing so I ended up making vanilla icing again..and having leftover chocolate icing.
By DeniseS39
Arlington, TX
on November 23, 2008
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I have made these many times. My family loves these and they cringe when they see me make an extra bag to take to work. I recommend this recipe to anyone who knows what a true Black and White cookie is. Some of the bad reviews I believe are because the cookies were made too thick. Then they do tend to be bit cakey. I plan to do these again for the holidays.
By hauser004_11225056
daytona beach , FL
on October 19, 2008
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When I made these cookies they turned out very cake like, bland and dry.The frosting tasted like powder sugar. It's not what I remember eating as a kid, I thought they were more of a sugar cookie than a cake. In reading other recipes/reviews I found that others came out like cake as well. I did everything correctly, had to modify icing because it was to runny. My boyfriend is absolutely in love with black/white cookies and the look of disappointment on his face was horrible. All an' all not impressed.
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